US wants effective Alzheimer's treatment by 2025

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Effective treatments for Alzheimer's by 2025? That's the target the government is eyeing as it develops a national strategy to tackle what could become the defining disease of a rapidly aging population.

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US wants effective Alzheimer's treatment by 2025

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Effective treatments for Alzheimer's by 2025? That's the target the government is eyeing as it develops a national strategy to tackle what could become the defining disease of a rapidly aging population.

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Potential New Target Found for Alzheimer’s Disease (MedicineNet.com)

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Title: Potential New Target Found for Alzheimer’s Disease Category: Health News Created: 12/9/2009 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2009

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Upending textbook science on Alzheimer’s disease (EurekAlert!)

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

( American Friends of Tel Aviv University ) In a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, Dr. Inna Slutsky of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine finds that the amyloid-beta protein, currently the target of Alzheimer’s drug research, is essential for normal information transfer through nerve cell networks in ... continue reading